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In response to ""A new U.S. agency called NASA chooses seven test pilots to be the nation's first astronauts." -- nm" by New, Better David

Actually they Had already hired some pilots, circus performers, even a woman..Johnson said hell with that, we got test pilots -- nm

Posted by zeitgeist Oct 13 '20, 15:27

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They trained an entire group of women to launch and they performed better than the men. The optics of a woman dying in a launch - 🕸 TWuG 🚀 Oct 13, 15:38 1
- The Mercury 13 as they would later be dubbed. They not only performed better, they were in some ways physically better suited for space flight -- (edited) - JD Oct 13, 15:47
Talk to the logline writer -- nm - David Oct 13, 15:33

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